Prof. Vernon K. Sondak Moffitt Cancer Center, USA

Dr. Sondak is Chair of the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, and the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cutaneous Oncology. Dr. Sondak has been a leader in studies of surgical treatment of melanoma and... read moreother cutaneous malignancies, particularly the application of sentinel lymph node biopsy and lymph node dissection to the staging and treatment of melanoma. His research interests include surgical treatment of melanoma in adults and children; adjuvant (postoperative) and neoadjuvant (preoperative) therapy of melanoma; and evaluation of new therapies for localized or disseminated melanoma.